Biology:Leiopotherapon
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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| Leiopotherapon plumbeus being sold in a Philippine market | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Terapontidae |
| Genus: | Leiopotherapon Fowler, 1931 |
| Type species | |
| Datnia plumbea Kner, 1864
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Leiopotherapon is a genus of fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. Three species are endemic to Australia, while L. plumbeus is from the Philippines . They are mainly found in fresh water, although H. unicolor also occurs in desert lakes with higher salinity.
Species include:[1]
- Leiopotherapon aheneus (Mees, 1963) - Fortescue grunter
- Leiopotherapon macrolepis (Vari, 1978) - large-scale grunter
- Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner, 1864) - silver perch
- Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) - spangled grunter, spangled perch
References
- ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Leiopotherapon. FishBase. 2013.
Wikidata ☰ Q1868996 entry
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